Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1911 — His Head Was Hard. [ARTICLE]

His Head Was Hard.

It Is a common belief that the negro’s head is hard, capable of withstanding almost any blow. The following story told of a prominent young dentist of Danville, 111., would seem to Indicate something of the kind, anyhow. Two negro men were employed on tearing down a three-story brick building. One negro was on top of the building taking off the bricks and sliding them down a narrow woodeh chute to the ground, some thirty feet below, where the other was picking them up and piling them. "When this latter negro was stooping over to pick up a brick, the former accidentally let one fall, striking him directly on the head. Instead of its killing him, he merely looked up, without rising, and 6ald: “What you doin’ thar, nigger, you made me bite my tongue.”—The Circle.